Byawatha vs Londrigan

In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Byawatha, about half of households are couple families. In Londrigan, most households are couple families. On these figures, Londrigan tends to suit families with children.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

They split

one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here

  • Byawatha has more parks and reserves (3 vs 0)
  • Londrigan carries lower crime risk (27/100 vs 60/100)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Byawatha

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (23% vs 31%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Londrigan

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $300/wk)

Weighs rent.

Commuting to the city

Londrigan

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (261.5 km vs 273.1 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Londrigan

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (27/100 vs 60/100)

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Londrigan

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (25.2% vs 3.2%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Byawatha and Londrigan drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Byawatha Londrigan
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Byawatha Londrigan
Walkability 0 / 0
Byawatha — Walkability: 0/100 Londrigan — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 40 / 73
Byawatha — Safety: 40/100 Londrigan — Safety: 73/100
Low fire risk 40 / 28
Byawatha — Low fire risk: 40/100 Londrigan — Low fire risk: 28/100
Low flood risk 56 / 45
Byawatha — Low flood risk: 56/100 Londrigan — Low flood risk: 45/100

Demographics

Byawatha rents higher ($300/wk vs $0/wk).

Byawatha Londrigan
Population 160 159
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +3.2% +25.2%
Median age 51 50
Median household income $88,192/yr
+4% vs other
 $84,448/yr
Median weekly rent $300/wk
(not reported on the other side)
 —

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Byawatha Londrigan
0-4 5.0% / 4.4%
Byawatha — 0-4: 5.0% Londrigan — 0-4: 4.4%
5-14 6.2% / 13.8%
Byawatha — 5-14: 6.2% Londrigan — 5-14: 13.8%
15-19 6.2% / 5.0%
Byawatha — 15-19: 6.2% Londrigan — 15-19: 5.0%
20-24 4.4% / 3.1%
Byawatha — 20-24: 4.4% Londrigan — 20-24: 3.1%
25-34 7.5% / 6.9%
Byawatha — 25-34: 7.5% Londrigan — 25-34: 6.9%
35-44 6.2% / 12.6%
Byawatha — 35-44: 6.2% Londrigan — 35-44: 12.6%
45-54 16.2% / 17.6%
Byawatha — 45-54: 16.2% Londrigan — 45-54: 17.6%
55-64 23.1% / 19.5%
Byawatha — 55-64: 23.1% Londrigan — 55-64: 19.5%
65-74 15.0% / 14.5%
Byawatha — 65-74: 15.0% Londrigan — 65-74: 14.5%
75-84 7.5% / 8.8%
Byawatha — 75-84: 7.5% Londrigan — 75-84: 8.8%
85+ — / —
Byawatha — 85+: not among its largest Londrigan — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Byawatha 54.3% couple families
Byawatha — Couple Families: 54.3% Byawatha — Lone Person: 22.9% Byawatha — One Parent Families: 22.9%
Londrigan 59.4% couple families
Londrigan — Couple Families: 59.4% Londrigan — Lone Person: 28.1% Londrigan — One Parent Families: 12.5%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Byawatha 7.4% renting
Byawatha — Owned Outright: 63.0% Byawatha — Mortgage: 29.6% Byawatha — Renting: 7.4%
Londrigan 0.0% renting
Londrigan — Owned Outright: 57.6% Londrigan — Mortgage: 42.4% Londrigan — Renting: 0.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Byawatha 100.0% houses
Byawatha — Houses: 100.0%
Londrigan 100.0% houses
Londrigan — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Byawatha Londrigan
Certificate III & IV 19.4% / 18.9%
Byawatha — Certificate III & IV: 19.4% Londrigan — Certificate III & IV: 18.9%
Bachelor Degree 17.5% / 14.5%
Byawatha — Bachelor Degree: 17.5% Londrigan — Bachelor Degree: 14.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 10.6% / 7.5%
Byawatha — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.6% Londrigan — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.5% / 2.5%
Byawatha — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.5% Londrigan — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.5%
Postgraduate Degree 3.8% / —
Byawatha — Postgraduate Degree: 3.8% Londrigan — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.4%).

Zoning mix

Byawatha Londrigan
Rural and farming 88% 98%
Parks and recreation 11% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 1% 2%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09.

Development activity

Byawatha Londrigan
New dwellings approved 238
across Wangaratta
same for both
Approvals change year on year +329%
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Byawatha Londrigan
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 58% of VIC —
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 48% of VIC Higher than 53% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 44% of VIC
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 65% of VIC Higher than 67% of VIC

Liveability

Byawatha Londrigan
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
 very advantaged area
decile 9/10

Risk profile

Byawatha carries more crime risk (60 vs 27); Londrigan carries more flood risk (55 vs 44).

Byawatha Londrigan
Bushfire Moderate
60/100
 High
72/100
Crime Moderate
60/100
 Low
27/100
Flood Moderate
44/100
 Moderate
55/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Byawatha Londrigan
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0 1

Schools in Byawatha

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in Londrigan

  • Carraragarmungee Primary School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Byawatha Londrigan
Parks & reserves 3 0
Waterways 2
same for both

Mobility

Byawatha sits further from the CBD (273.1 km vs 261.5 km).

Byawatha Londrigan
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Melbourne 273.1 km
+4% vs other
 261.5 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 178 min
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.5%
postcode 3678
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 78
postcode 3678
same for both

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Byawatha Londrigan
Car (driver) 77.3% / 59.8%
Byawatha — Car (driver): 77.3% Londrigan — Car (driver): 59.8%
Worked from Home 22.7% / 31.7%
Byawatha — Worked from Home: 22.7% Londrigan — Worked from Home: 31.7%
Car (passenger) — / 4.9%
Byawatha — Car (passenger): not among its largest Londrigan — Car (passenger): 4.9%
Walked Only — / 3.7%
Byawatha — Walked Only: not among its largest Londrigan — Walked Only: 3.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (77.3%).

Setting

Byawatha Londrigan
Elevation 195 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 165 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Byawatha Londrigan
Connectivity score 30/100
same for both
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
73 premises
 0%
67 premises

Climate

Byawatha Londrigan
Annual rainfall 565 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 31.4°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 2.7°C
same for both

Council rates

Byawatha Londrigan
Average residential rate $1,962/yr
same for both
Council Wangaratta
same for both

Federal electorate

Byawatha Londrigan
Division Indi
same for both
Member Helen Haines
same for both
Party Independent
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Byawatha Londrigan
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Byawatha

Rural

Londrigan

Rural

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